Template talk:pi-From Sai Kam Mong 241yam

RFM discussion: September 2018
I moved the related template Template:pi-From Sai Kam Mong to the reference-naming format, but apparently the creator intends to use these as quote-book templates. They should be named and formatted accordingly, and there probably shouldn't be separate ones for each page/quotation (but rather, the quotation should be in the entry). - -sche (discuss) 17:21, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * There's only one use at the moment. Perhaps ask the creator whether he envisages using the template in multiple entries? If not, then just move the quotation to the entry page and delete the template. — SGconlaw (talk) 17:57, 8 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Some further discussion is on my talk page; I've moved the template to Template:RQ:pi:Sai Kam Mong and reformatting it. - -sche (discuss) 18:54, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. — SGconlaw (talk) 19:02, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The template currently seems to be referenced from 5 entries, which surprises me, because I thought I'd achieved more than that this weekend. The template as it now stands seem to do the job I wanted of Template:pi-From Sai Kam Mong. - RichardW57 (talk) 21:38, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

, : My plan was to use the template to quote short extracts, and to use each short extract for several words. So far I am primarily using the extracts as evidence of the word's spelling, rather than of its existence. (In the Tai Tham script, there are alternative forms for several subscript consonants, and even for one base consonant and for one vowel. Sai Kam Mong's book shows some rather striking changes in how the vernacular has been spelt in the script in the last two and a bit centuries, though Pali should be stabler.)  Nowadays, I no longer trust myself to get things right first time. I therefore intended to use an intermediate template for each extract rather than type each extract along with its transliteration and translation directly into several entries. Then, if I made a mistake in any, or infringed copyright, I would only have to change the intermediate template, rather than each entry using the extract. seems to think that this is an abuse of templating; I hope I have misunderstood him. - RichardW57 (talk) 21:38, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Now, there is definitely one issue I had overlooked: I need to embolden the word being demonstrated, its transliteration and its translation. I think I may need to replace the RQ template by an RQ module. Would this be in order? I have some experience of getting Lua to expand templates. - RichardW57 (talk) 21:38, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm not really following what you mean by an "intermediate template". Perhaps you can clarify. Also, what would be the benefit of creating a Lua module for just this specific quotation template, which does not link to an external version of the work? — SGconlaw (talk) 03:04, 10 September 2018 (UTC)